At the teleconference/web meeting, the Address Standard Working
Group discussed outreach for public review, public review comments,
response to public comments, and preparation of the final draft for the
United States Thoroughfare, Landmark, and Postal Address Data Standard
[
presentation].

Rick Pearsall of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency raised
issues about normative and informative references in Appendix A:
Reference Standards and Specifications. Rick has taken an action
to recommend changes to Appendix A. In addition, a number of typos were
identified. The most substantive issue concerned the requirement
in the Standard to use short English names to identify countries, as
opposed to digraphs and trigraphs specified in ISO 3166, Codes for the
Representation of Names of Countries and their Subdivisions. ISO
3166 is an FGDC-endorsed standard. Names are not normative in ISO 3166.
Ed Wells of the Address Standard Working Group said that the standard
would be revised to state that short English names are preferred, but
digraphs and trigraphs will be allowed. Other issues raised
during the conference call/web meeting were not deemed substantive
enough to prevent this standard going forward for FGDC Coordination
Group approval for FGDC endorsement.

Robin Fegeas of the U.S. Geological Survey moved that the United
States Thoroughfare, Landmark, and Postal Address Data Standard be
recommended for FGDC Coordination Group approval for FGDC endorsement,
provided that changes concerning references, typos, and country name
and code issues are made to the Standard. The motion was
seconded, and then adopted. The United States Thoroughfare,
Landmark, and Postal Address Data Standard will be forwarded to FGDC
Coordination Group for review and approval for FGDC endorsement after
changes have been made to the Standard.